Today it is to find a college that doesn’t have online classes for students to take. In fact you can now get an online degree from Kaplan University. These online classes create flexibility to the students to take classes that better fit their schedules so they can work or travel. It also allows the universities to reach out to a group of people that may not be able to take classes if the flexibility was not available. Now, these means and mediums are being focused towards younger generations. The refocus is a way to engage younger students in learning in the new medias that they are using in other aspects of their lives.
Carone Fitness and the UPSTART program are two great examples of this push for changing the medium of how children learn from the classroom to online where it can be accessed anywhere. Carone Fitness is a physical fitness class for grades 6-12 that schools can sign up to and then the students go online to get the P.E. credit.
Schools and local governments across the country are starting to embrace this new technology for younger students by adding money to their budgets for program development. The Utah legislature just passed a bill in 2009 that starts a pilot pre-school program called UPSTART. It gives parents the opportunity to give their 4-year-old children at home free preparation for kindergarten and costs the state about 2.3 million in total. The program teaches the children skills through video games.
One might think such a young age is too young to start this kind of technological development. Actually some 23 percent of children in nursery school — kids age 3, 4 or 5 — have gone online and up to 80 percent of kindergarteners have used a computer according to the article I Know My URLs who got their facts from the Education Department.
I Know my URLs can be found at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
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You bring up a good point about education online, it is an excellent opportunity for people who want a higher education but due to circumstance such as work and family commitments it can be hard.
ReplyDeleteHowever I have a hard time with the whole earning a degree online. I think there should be some sort of requirement to have some credits on campus. The biggest reason is that there are a lot of dishonest people in the world. who knows if those people are the actual individuals who earned their degree or if they paid someone to do it for them. Who knows maybe there will be goldfarming for degree's.
Another thing I dont get is how can you get a PE credit online? I think I would have to know a little bit more about this.
I agree with Tahnie on what she said. some of these thing is a little troublesome and make me wonder a bit.
ReplyDeleteI do however think that these classes online, especially at the early age, will help kids not only learn the nessesities but about technology. These classes can help kids with computers and operating them. I think its a good start in todays technology driven world.
the online classes should be like they are here at the U. I love the online classes here. with most you are required to pick a date to come up to the school to take a test in person. I think this eliminates the problem of "behind the screen" cheating. plus you have to show an ID which really makes it hard for someone to take your place. you would have to study yourself to do good.